John Van Buskirk Farm House · Photo: Matthew Lampe · Public domainRichfield Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
690 jobs are based in Richfield Township, and 3,628 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Richfield Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 3% stay in Richfield Township for work; outside it, Flint is the main destination (11%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Richfield Township, in a few figures
Richfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 690 jobs based in Richfield Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Richfield Township has about 6,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Richfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Richfield Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Richfield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Richfield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
The figures behind Richfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Richfield Township’s grade up ($82,676, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richfield Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who leaves Richfield Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,527 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Richfield Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
From Richfield Township, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,166 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Factories, building and farms: 38% of the jobs in Richfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 605 → 690. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Richfield Township to work: where people go
Where Richfield Township clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The distance from Richfield Township to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Richfield Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,372 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Richfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Richfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100, Richfield Township ranks 1,885th of 2,862 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,883 | River Road OR | 8,862 | $82K | 14.5% | 7.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,884 | Center Township IN | 7,376 | $69K | 9.4% | 4.9% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,885 | Richfield Township MI | 8,941 | $83K | 10.1% | 7.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,886 | Winchester CT | 10,360 | $67K | 12.8% | 4.1% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,887 | Clintonia Township IL | 7,123 | $65K | 13.6% | 3.5% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Richfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Richfield Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Davison Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield Township | – | C+ | C− | 31 min | $82,676 |
| Genesee Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $57,406 |
| Davison Township | 4% | C+ | C | 25 min | $65,116 |
| Forest Township | under 3% | B | C− | 34 min | $71,250 |
| Oregon Township | under 3% | C | D− | 28 min | $83,807 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richfield Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Richfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Richfield Township?
$82,676 (±$17,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richfield Township?
10.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richfield Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richfield Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (11%, 10 mi), Burton (5%, 8 mi), Flint Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Richfield Township walkable?
Richfield Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richfield Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richfield Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.